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User Manual SporT r ak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver ...
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WARNINGS FOR SAFETY REASONS, THE DRIVER SHOULD NOT USE THIS DEVICE IN A VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION TO ASSIST THE DRIVER TO NAVIGATE. Please do not try and change any settings on the SporTrak while driving. Come to a complete stop or have your passenger make any changes. Taking your eyes off the road is dangerous and can result in an accident in which ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver i T able of Cont ents Introduction ....................................................................... 1 A bout This U ser Manual ......................................................................... 1 S etting U p the S porT rak ..................................................... 2 I nstalling the B ...
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ii S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver R efer ence .......................................................................... 17 Po w er/Backlight/Contrast ..................................................................... 17 T urn the SporT rak O n ....................................................................... 17 T urn the SporT rak ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver iii H ighlighted R oad V ertical Profile D escription ............................ 27 R oute V ertical Pr ofile Description .............................................. 28 P ath Check Description ............................................................. 28 Compass Screen ................................. ...
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iv S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver S earching for a S treet Address ............................................................ 43 Routes ................................................................................................... 44 Cr eating a GO TO Route ................................................................... 44 Cr eat ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver v Clearing Memory .................................................................................. 55 Clearing T rack History ...................................................................... 55 Clearing Wpts/Routes ....................................................................... 55 Clearing All ...
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vi S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver H eading vs. Bearing vs. Course Ov er Ground ................................... 68 N avigating with the Compass Screen ................................................. 70 Calibrating the Compass ................................................................... 70 U sing the Barometer and T emperature Sc ...
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S porT rak Color GPS M apping Receiver 1 Introduction W elcome and congratulations on y our purchase of the Magellan S porT rak Color GPS mapping receiver . The S porT rak Color has all the features that a sailor , fisherman, hiker , hunter , or any person involved with outdoor r ecreational activities has come to expect from a Magellan GPS r eceiv ...
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2S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver A ppendix: S ections containing information about connecting your SporT rak Color to external devices, accessories, troubleshooting and specifications can be found in the Appendix . Glossary: A glossar y is pro vided explaining some of the terms and abbrevia- tions found in the SporT rak Color and this manual ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 3 Setting up the SporT rak S etting up the S porT rak Color is a simple three-step process: installing the batteries, selecting the language to be used and initializing the S porT rak. Ins talling the Batteries To change the batteries, remo ve the batter y door on the back of the S porT rak Color . The door ca ...
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4S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Selecting Language The first time you use your S porT rak (or if memor y has been completely erased) you will be asked to select the language that you want to use. U se the UP/DO WN arrows on the keypad to highlight the language y ou desire. With the language highlighted, press the ENTER button. Y ou can sele ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 5 Pr ess [ENTER]. (Y ou have 10 seconds to press [ENTER] or the S porT rak will shut off.) The SporT rak displays a message box indicating that the receiver needs to be initialized. Pr ess [ENTER]. Enter Y our Approximat e Position (Initialize) U se the Up/Do wn arro ws on the keypad to highlight y our general ...
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6S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver When the time is correct, press [ENTER]. The last piece of information needed is the date. U sing the arrow keys, enter the pr esent date. Pr ess [ENTER]. Pr essing right arrow r esults in: Pr essing up arro w r esults in: E diting moves the cursor block left or right. To use the arro w keys to edit a field, ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 7 Basic Operation F or many of you this will be your first introduction into using a GPS receiver as a navigational tool. W ith all of the features and functions pro vided with the S porT rak, it may seem a bit intimidating at first. Don ’ t worry . There are only a few things you need to know to use the S p ...
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8S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver T urning Power on/Of f T urning the SporT rak On The last navigation screen you wer e vie wing will be displayed. I f the last navigation screen view was the Map scr een, the last zoom scale setting will be used. T urning the SporT rak Off T urning the Backlight On/Of f The display backlight can be set to one ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 9 A djusting the Contrast Navigational Screens The SporT rak Color has nine navigation screens: Map scr een, Compass screen, Large Data screen, two P osition screens, R oad screen, Data Screen, Speed Scr een and Sat S tatus screen. They will be described briefly here. Mor e detailed informa- tion on the differ ...
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10 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver M ap Scr een — The M ap screen has two modes, position or cursor . In the position mode, your present position is indicated by the large arrow icon in the center of the display . If you are mo ving, the arrow will point in the dir ection that you are heading. A t the bottom of the screen is the scale for ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 11 R oad Scr een — The R oad screen presents your route as if you were travelling on a road. When you need to make a turn, the road will graphically display the turn and the direction. W aypoint and destination icons will be displayed relative to y our position as they come into view . A bov e the road is a ...
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12 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Saving a Wa ypoint A waypoint is a point on a map that you can name and save in the S porT rak. They are primarily used for creating r outes. Whether the route is a simple GO TO or a more complex multileg route, it needs stor ed waypoints to use as its starting and destination point. S aving a W aypoint wit ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 13 Y ou can now use the arrow keypad to select the character y ou wish to enter . W ith the character highlighted, press [ENTER] and the charac- ter is appended to the name you are entering and displayed in the field above the keys. (N ote: waypoint names can be up to 8 characters in length.) H ighlighting “ ...
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14 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Using Goto R outes A GO T O route is simply a r oute with a start point and a single destination point: I am here and I want to go to there. All that is r equired to cr eate a GO T O route is having the destination waypoint saved in memory . This waypoint can be one that y ou have saved earlier (which is st ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 15 letter “L” and that the cursor has moved to the next letter in the city name. (Y ou can move the cursor back if y ou made a mistake by highlighting the “<-” button on the keyboard and press [ENTER].) S ince we are looking for Los Angeles, w e need to highlight the “O” next and press [ENTER]. ...
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16 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver GO T O routes are NOT sav ed in memor y when the SporT rak is turned off. I f you are navigating on a GO TO r oute and you need to turn the S porT rak off, you will need to r estart the GO T O. Routes, ho wever , ar e stored in memory . If you need to make a GOT O but expect to turn the S porT rak off befor ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 17 Re fer ence Power / Backlight / Contrast Tu rn the S porT rak On — A pplies po wer to the SporT rak and displays last NA V screen viewed. During power-up the first scr een shows the software and map database versions curr ently loaded in the SporT rak. The second screen gives a warning that must be read. ...
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18 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference A djusting the Display Contrast — Sets the contrast of the display for easy viewing in most lighting conditions. From any screen Use up/down arrows to highlight Contrast (The menu display may differ slightly depending upon which screen it was accessed from.) Use left/right arrows to adjust the c ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 19 Reference Map Scale Indicator Present Position Icon Present Position Icon Present Position Icon Present Position Icon Present Position Icon Present Position Icon The Present Position Icon graphically displays your position on the map. While you are moving it will point in the direction you ar e heading. If ...
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20 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Cursor Information Block Map Scale Indicator Cursor Icon Cursor Icon Cursor Icon Cursor Icon Cursor Icon Cursor Icon The Cursor Icon pinpoints the location you have select ed by using the arrow k eys. Map Scale Indicator Map Scale Indicator Map Scale Indicator Map Scale Indicator Map Scale Indicat ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 21 Reference S etting the Map D etail — The detail of the map can be set to highest, high, medium, low or low est. This changes the zoom level that different map objects (cities, highways, labels, etc.) are displayed. If y ou have set a zoom level and the display is too cluttered, set the map detail to a low ...
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22 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Tu rning On/Off Displayed POI’ s — [A vailable only if a map has been uploaded from a Magellan M apSend Str eets and Destinations or M apS end T opo for the U nited S tates CD-R OM] Allows you to select which, if any , POIs that have been uploaded from a M apSend product to be displayed. Defau ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 23 Reference Tu rning Data F ields On/Off — This option allows y ou to turn on or off the two information fields that are displayed on the M ap screen. T urning these off allows for more of the map to be display ed. Default is SHO W . From the MAP Screen Highlight Hide Map Info or Show Map Info When Map I nf ...
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24 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Str eet Infor mation Description — This mode just displays the name of the street close to your present position. Ho rizontal P r ofile Description — This mode displays at the bottom of the M ap scr een a graphical representation of the horizon at a fixed distance fr om your present position. ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 25 Reference to the map scale indicator . (This function requires that map data has been uploaded from Magellan M apSend T opo for the U nited S tates and that your present position as well as the pr ojected horizon falls within the area uploaded.) Like Horiz ontal P rofile, you must be zoomed in to a scale of ...
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26 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference S electing P rimar y U sage — The SporT rak can be set to either Land or M arine U sage. When in Land (default), the map displays land ar eas in white and water areas as dark gray . F or marine applications it may be desirable to reverse the display , showing water as white and land as dark gray ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 27 Reference U sing V ertical P rofile — Ve r tical P rofile displays the elevation as a graphical display for the option you select. Only T rack History is available for this function if MapSend T opo for the U nited S tates map data is not uploaded. (Path Check is sho wn as an available function but will n ...
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28 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference R oute V ertical Profile D escription — (A vailable only with map data uploaded from Magellan M apSend T opo for the U nited S tates.) If you have at least one route stored in memory , you can view the vertical profile for the route. After selecting V ertical P rofile, you will be asked to selec ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 29 Reference C ustomizing the Data F ields — Allows you to change the data that is being displayed to 1 of 17 data options (bearing, distance, speed, heading, VMG, CT S, ET A, ETE, XTE, turn, elevation, time, date, COG, EPE, A vg. Speed, or M ax Speed) for any of the two fields. From the Compass Screen Highl ...
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30 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name When you are navig ating on a GOT O or multileg route, the name of the destination is placed here. For multileg rout es, the name displayed is the name of the destination for the leg of the rout e y ou are pr esen ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 31 Reference P osition Screen The P osition screens 1 and 2 simply display your pr esent position using the coordinate systems that you hav e selected in Setup . The P osition 1 screen shows all of the basic position, time and satellite information, all on one screen. I n addition, current navigation informati ...
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32 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference GPS Status Present Position Coordinates and Elevation Present Position Coordinates Present Position Coordinates Present Position Coordinates Present Position Coordinates Present Position Coordinates and Elevation and Elevation and Elevation and Elevation and Elevation Displays your present positio ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 33 Reference GPS S tatus Messages — Messages indicating the status of the GPS r eceiver section of the SporT rak are displayed on the P osition screen. Message Description Searching - 1st sat Searching f or 1st satellite. Searching - 2nd sat 1st satellite found; sear ching for 2nd satellit e Searching - 3r d ...
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34 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Pr ojecting a W aypoint — This function, found on the menu associated with the P osition Screen, allows y ou to create a new waypoint that is a fixed distance and bearing from your pr esent position or from any waypoint/POI stored in the S porT rak. An example of waypoint projection would be if ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 35 Reference Customizable Data Fields Destination Name Scale Indicator Compass R oad Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name When you ar e navigating on a GO TO or multileg rout e, the name of the destination is placed here. For multileg rout es, the name displayed ...
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36 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Customizable Data Fields Destination Name Compass Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name Destination Name When you are navig ating on a GOT O or multileg route, the name of the destination is placed here. For multileg r out es, the name displayed is t he name of the de ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 37 Reference C ustomizing the D ata Fields — Allo ws you to change the data that is being displayed to 1 of 17 data options (bearing, distance, speed, heading, VMG, CT S, ET A, ETE, XTE, turn, elevation, time, date, COG, EPE, A vg. S peed, or Max S peed) for any of the four fields. (See explanation of Data T ...
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38 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Satellite Position Satellite Position Graph Batter y Life Indicator Satellite Signal Strength Chart Power Source Satellite Position Graph Satellite Position Graph Satellite Position Graph Satellite Position Graph Satellite Position Graph The two cir cles indicate sat ellite elevation as seen from ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 39 Reference Wa ypoints / Dat abase A ccessing W aypoints in the D atabase — All stored waypoints, whether user-input or preloaded, can be found in the W aypoint Database. Y ou will need to access waypoints in the database whenever you are editing waypoints, activating a GO T O route or creating a multileg r ...
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40 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference S electing W aypoints Near est to the Cursor . As discussed in the Map Screen section, the Map Scr een has two modes of operation, position and cursor . If you are in the cursor mode y ou may want to know what waypoints are near your cursor rather than the ones near est to your present position. Y ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 41 Reference Creating N ew W aypoint with Map Cursor — Pro vides a method of creating a new waypoint with coordinates other than your pr esent position. The new coordinates are computed automatically based on the location of the map cursor . (Note: T o modify the icon, name or message use the U p/Down arrows ...
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42 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Viewing a Map Object on the M ap — D isplays on the M ap the Map O bject you have selected. N ote: This function is for viewing map objects (cities, airports, etc.) only . See Viewing U ser W aypoints on the Map for instructions on how to perform this feature using U ser waypoints. Viewing a U s ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 43 Reference S earching for a S treet Addr ess — This option allows you to search an uploaded map database for a specific street address. After finding the address, you can save it as a waypoint (“M ark”) or view it on the M ap Screen. NO TE: The option is available ONL Y if you have uploaded one or mor ...
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44 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference R out es Creating a GO T O Route — Cr eates and sets as the active route a 1-leg r oute with your present position as the starting point and a destination waypoint that you choose from the waypoint database. GO TO routes are not sav ed in memory . When you turn your S porT rak off and then back ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 45 Reference S porT rak, but once you can visualize what a multileg route (route) is, it becomes very easy to understand and create. If you understand that a GO T O is a 1-leg route with a starting point and a destination point, then imagine a bunch of GO T O’ s strung together where the destination of one G ...
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46 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference A ctivating/Deactivating a R oute — E nables the activ ating or deactivating of a stored route. When a route is being used to navigate, it is termed to be “ active ”. When you want to use a route to navigate with, follow these steps to activate it. S ample R oute List (Bold route indicates ? ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 47 Reference I nserting a Leg — I nserts a waypoint in the middle of an existing leg thereby making two legs wher e there used to be one. In the example of a route that goes from “ A” to “B” to “C” to “D”, if y ou wanted to inser t the waypoint “E” between “B” and “C” you would hi ...
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48 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Appending a N ewly Created W aypoint to a Route — Allows a newly created waypoint to be appended to any route in memory . Rev ersing a Route — Allows any route in memory to be reversed. I n the example used earlier of “ A” to “B” to “C” to “D”, if this route were rev ersed it w ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 49 Reference Setup I nitializing the S porT rak — Enables you to initialize the S porT rak should it be needed to speed up satellite acquisition. T wo such instances would be travelling over 500 miles with your S porT rak turned off or complete loss of memory . Tu r ning NA V Screens On/Off — Allows y ou t ...
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50 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference S electing the Coor dinate System — Allows you to set the coordinate system that will be used to display the position for the primary or secondary position screen. A vailable coordinate systems are: Lat/Lon, UTM, OSGB, Irish, S wiss, S wedish, F innish, German, Fr ench, USNG, MGRS, or U ser Grid ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 51 Reference S electing the T ime F ormat — Enables you to choose from thr ee different time formats: Local 24 Hr (military time), Local AM/PM or UTC. D efault: Local AM/PM S electing NA V U nits — Allows you to select the units of measure that will be used when displaying navigational data. Options are: M ...
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52 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Tu r ning the Beeper On/Off — Allo ws y ou to select which actions will cause the beeper to sound. Y ou can choose from Off, Keys Only (pressing a key causes a beep), Alarms Only (when an alarm is activ ated) or Keys & Alarms. D efault: Keys & Alar ms S electing NMEA M essage — Allows ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 53 Reference S electing Daylight S avings — Allows you to select what r egion you are in which will allow the S porT rak to automatically adjust the time displayed to compensate for daylight savings time. Y ou can select United S tates (daylight savings starts on the first Sunday in A pril and ends on the la ...
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54 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Changing Languages — Y ou can select from one of nine languages (English, F rench, German, S wedish, Spanish, I talian, Dutch, P ortuguese or F innish) to be used by the SporT rak. From Any Screen Highlight Setup Highlight Languages Select desired language TIP: If you change the language setting ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 55 Reference Clearing Memor y All of the Clear functions operate in the same way . The instr uctions shown apply to all of the Clear options except Clearing All. From Any Screen Highlight Setup Highlight Clear Memory Confirm? Y es/No Highlight All SporT rak will shut off Clearing T rack History — This will c ...
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56 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Sun / Moon Display A ccessing the S un/Moon Scr een — The Sun/M oon screen displays the sunrise time, sunset time and lunar phase for any waypoint you have stored in the U ser categor y in the waypoint database. All times dis- played are local times to your pr esent position. From Any Screen Hig ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 57 Reference Hunt / Fish T imes Display A ccessing the F ish/Hunt Screen — The F ish/H unt scr een displays the best times for fishing or hunting for the position you choose from your U ser waypoints. From Any Screen Highlight Fish/Hunt Changing the F ish/Hunt Date — Allo ws you to change the date for the ...
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58 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference Alarms All of the Alarm options are set in the same way . The instructions below apply to all of the Alarm settings. When the beeper is turned on for alarms (see Setup - T urning the Beeper On/Off ) an audible beep will be sounded for the alarm. A visual alert is displayed for the alarm whether th ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 59 Reference Using the Simulator Tu r ning on the Simulator - A uto Mode — This turns the simulator on and uses a predefined heading and speed rate. From Any Screen Highlight Setup Highlight Auto Highlight Simulate Confirm Clearing of Tra c k Tu r ning on the Simulator - U ser Mode — This turns the simulat ...
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60 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Reference A bout... Screen The About... screen displays the curr ent status of your S porT rak. Using the About... screen you can tell what the v ersion of the software is, the version and memory size of the base map, the number of and total memory size of detailed maps you may have installed using MapS end ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 61 Fr equentl y Ask ed Ques tions General What is the difference betw een degr ees/minutes/seconds (DEG/MIN/SEC) and degr ees/ minutes/minutes (DEG/MIN/MMM or DEG/MIN/MM)? There are differ ent ways in expressing the coor dinates computed using Lat/Lon coordinate system. With DEG/MIN/SEC the final set of number ...
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62 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Fr equently Asked Questions Ho w often do I need to initialize the SporT rak? I nitializing the S porT rak decreases the time it takes to get a position fix during cold start. What is meant by a cold start is that the S porT rak has no reference to use as a guide to tell it what satellites should be ov erhe ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 63 Fr equently Asked Questions Alarms Why does my SporT rak not make an audible beep when I hav e an alarm active? Check your setup settings for the Beeper . If the selection is O ff or Keys Only , the beeper will not sound for alarms. Output Data What is NMEA? NMEA (N ational Marine E lectronics Association) ...
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64 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix Tr oubleshooting R eceiv er will not turn on: 1. Check to see if batteries are installed correctly . 2. Replace with two new AA alkaline batteries. T akes more than 10 minutes to get a position fix: 1. If there are any obstacles nearby or o verhead, move to a new location. 2. Make sure that the ant ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 65 Appendix Wa ypoint Icons These is a list of the icons and their designator that can be assigned to a waypoint while marking a position or editing a waypoint. D efault Box House A erial Airport Amusement AT M A uto R epair Boating Camping Exit Ramp F irst Aid Fi x ed Nav Aid F loating B uoy R estaurant R ock ...
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66 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix Contacting Magellan If after using the troubleshooting section, you are still unable to solve your operation problems, please call Magellan ’ s T echnical Service at (800) 707-9971. R epresentatives ar e available Monday through F riday from 7 AM to 5 PM, PST . F axes can be sent to Customer Serv ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 67 Appendix CHARA CTERISTICS Pe r formance R eceiver 12 parallel-channel technology , tracks up to 12 satellites to compute and update information with quadrifilar antenna A cquisition T imes (under optimal conditions): W arm approximately 15 seconds Cold approximately 1 minute U pdate Rate 1 second continuous ...
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68 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix Compass The SporT rak Color includes all the features found in all of the SporT rak mapping series of GPS receivers along with a 3-axis electronic compass, a bar ometer and temperature sensor . The following text pro vides you with some information about some of the navigational terms that are used ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 69 Appendix P eople hiking or walking would normally see the heading and COG being the same with the SporT rak Color pointing directly ahead. Howev er , with the receiver held at a slight angle, left or right, you can see that the heading displayed will differ from the display ed COG. The key point to remember ...
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70 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix N avigating with the Compass Screen When you are using the Compass Screen to steer to a destina- tion, your goal is to align the Destination P ointer and the COG P ointer together . When both of these pointers are lined up , r egardless of y our heading, you are moving in a straight line to your de ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 71 Appendix N ote: F or most people, the simplest, and most effective method of rotating the S porT r ak Color , is to use one finger and push the receiver ar ound in a clockwise manner . 5. Continue rotating the S porT rak Color until it beeps. (This will be slightly more than one complete rotation.) If the c ...
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72 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix M anually Calibrate If you chose to manually calibrate your S porT rak Color , you must follow the instructions provided very carefully . Y ou will be prompted on-screen with the instructions but they are provided here as a supplement to those instructions. 1. Lay the receiver on a flat, nonmetalli ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 73 Appendix 7. S tand the SporT rak Color up with the display facing you and the antenna pointing up. H old the receiver steady and wait for the beep. 8. T urn the SporT rak Color over . N ow the antenna is pointing down and the back of the SporT rak Color is facing you. H old the r eceiver steady and wait for ...
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74 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix S etting the Compass Orientation As discussed in the previous section, there may come a time that y ou wish to turn the compass off and use the GPS Course to determine your heading. (Remember , GPS Course will only calculate heading when you are mo ving at a speed greater then 0.5 miles per hour .) ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 75 Appendix 1. F rom the W eather Screen press MENU . 2. U sing the arrow pad, highlight “Calibrate ” and press ENTER . 3. U sing the U p/Down arr ows to change the v alue and using the Left/Right arrows to move the cursor , enter y our corrected temperature value. P ress ENTER . 4. U sing the U p/Down arr ...
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76 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix A ccessories A ccessories for your r eceiver are available fr om your Magellan dealer or you can order dir ectly from Magellan at (800) 669-4477 (pr ess 3 to place an order). M apSend T opo for the U nited States: This CD-R OM allows you to upload detailed street maps, topographic data as well as P ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 77 Appendix The MapSend S treets CD allows you to load detailed str eet maps into your S porT rak. The maps supplied on the MapSend S treets CD contain full str eet detail of US or European cities. •E nables you to load street maps for any region in the U nited States or Europe into the S porT rak. • Allow ...
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78 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix The MapSend series of CD-R OMs allows you to extend the capabilities of y our S porT rak GPS receiver and there isn ’ t room her e to describe all that y ou can do. Please refer to the help files in the M apSend for assistance on the features and functions of the software. This brief introduction ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 79 Appendix S elect Ar ea : Use the “D raw N e w Region ” tool to select the ar ea on the map that you want to upload into your S porT rak. Here is the region selected for this example. N otice that when you mov e the cursor inside the r ectangle, the memory space that this region will occupy on your SD ca ...
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80 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix U pload Region : M ake sure that the S porT rak is turned on and click on the “U pload Regions ” button. Y ou will be given the option of Upload to GPS U nit, Upload to SD Car d P rogrammer or S tore on Hard Driv e. S elect U pload to GPS Unit and pr ess “Next ”. M apS end will then poll th ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 81 Appendix Av ailable as accessories for your GPS r eceiver are the following cables: E xternal P ow er Cable with Cigarette Lighter Adapter , P ower/Data Cable, Data Cable and PC Cable with Cigarette Lighter Adapter . The instructions given below apply to all cables, unless otherwise stated. The cable can be ...
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82 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix Connecting to an External Power Source If using the cable that comes with the cigarette lighter adapter , simply connect it to the cigarette lighter outlet. If y ou wish to make a permanent mount to a power supply , cut the cable between the power supply box and the cigarette lighter adapter . Atta ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 83 Appendix W AAS Y our Magellan GPS receiver has been upgraded to include the latest W AAS (W ide Area A ugmentation System) technology . With W AAS your GPS receiver can compute position locations with an accuracy never before possible in a commercial receiver . What is W AAS? W AAS is a means of improving t ...
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84 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix A ctive Leg The segment of a route currently being traveled. Altitude The current elevation abo ve sea level. BR G Bearing. The compass direction from your position to a destination, measured to the nearest degr ee. Bu oy A navigation aid (usually found in marine charts) that is floating in water . ...
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S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver 85 Appendix Latitude The angular distance north or south of the equator mea- sured by lines encircling the earth parallel to the equator from 0˚ to 90˚. LA T/L ON Coordinate system using latitude and longitude coor dinates to define a position on the earth. Leg (Route) A segment of a route that has a startin ...
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86 S porT rak Color GPS Mapping R eceiver Appendix WPT W aypoint. A location saved in the receiver ’ s memor y which is obtained by entering data, editing data, calculating data or saving a current position. U sed to create routes. XTE Cross T rack Error . The perpendicular distance between the present position and the courseline. Given as a dist ...
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S ince the release of the U ser Manual for the S porT rak Color , there have been en- hancements to the S porT rak Color ’ s software. This addendum will describe those enhancements as well as provide some additional information that may help y ou use your S porT rak Color GPS Receiver . Y ou can keep your SporT rak Color up to date by checking t ...
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Corrections to the U ser Manual: P age 23 – “Changing the Data F ields ” — The User Manual incorrectly states that there are 13 different options to select fr om for the Map display . Ther e are actu- ally 17 different data field options (bearing, distance, speed, heading, VMG, CTS, ET A, ETE, XTE, turn, elevation, time, date, COG, EP E, av ...
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Keypad Light T imer . N ormally , when you turn on your SporT rak Color , a light behind the keypad comes on allowing y ou to see the keys in dark or low-light envi- ronments. If at any time, no keys have been pr essed for any 1-minute time frame, the keypad light will turn off. T o turn the keypad light back on, press any key . (Note that pr essin ...
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Viewing Detailed Map I nformation for the Cursor P osition 1) Use the arrow keys to mo ve your cursor around the map . When the cursor is ov er a displayed map item, press the E nter key . 2) A list of all the map items found at your cursor position is displayed. U se the up or down arro ws to select the item you want to view and press the Enter ke ...
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Exiting the Detailed Map I nformation Scr een To r eturn to the Map screen, pr ess the Escape key . Destination Plotter . Originally the M ap screen dis- played a line (plot) from your departure point to y our destination when you had an active r oute or GO T O. The latest enhancement to the SporT rak Color has added a plot line from your present p ...
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M ap U tilities. Y ou can use this featur e to select the basic map or the detailed map that you want to use. Y ou can also use Map U tilities to delete a map, other than the basic map, from memory . What is the difference between a basic map and a detail map? The basic map (or basemap) is the map that came built in to your S porT rak Color when yo ...
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Deleting a Base M ap or a Detailed Map 1) From any scr een, press the Menu key . Use the up or down arr ows to highlight “Map U tilities ” and press the Enter key . 2) Use the up or do wn arrows to highlight “D elete F ile” and press the E nter key . 3) A list of all the maps that have been uploaded to your SporT rak Color r eceiver is disp ...
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Changing the Date 1) With the “On ” field highlighted press the E nter key . The “On ” field will go into the edit mode. 2) Use the up and down arr ows to change the data at the cursor posi- tion and use the left and right arrows to mo ve the cursor . 3) When you have the date desired, press the Enter key . A pop-up win- dow will be display ...
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The Curr ent Screens. The Curr ent screen displays the time of the maximum cur- r ent, its speed, its angle (direction) and the time of the slack water for the date and station indicated on the screen. There may be more curr ent information than can be displayed on one screen. Y ou can use the up and down arr ows to scroll through the available dat ...
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Viewing the Graph 1) Use the up or do wn arrows to highlight “Graph ” and press the Enter key . 2) The information above the graph displays time, speed and angle of the current. U se the left or right arrows to bring up a v ertical line that can be moved along the graph to change the time for this information. (N ote: current information along ...
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S upport for Y our Magellan S porT rak Color Receiver If you need technical assistance , “how-to ” help, or if you have a technical ques- tion about the functionality of your S porT rak Color receiver , you may contact us using your internet browser at www .magellangps.com. Y ou may also reach technical support by fax or by phone. N or th Ameri ...
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